>> low haircut, dark complected, middle age. how many are you describing when you describe that? you describe most of the majority of the men in american. >> plus i hit the streets of d.c. to demonstrate the effectiveness of one iding procedure with a penny. urgency? only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> in fact, in all of the dna exonerations that have happened to date, sent % have involved identification. >> welcome back. al jazeera america is getting ready to debut a powerful new documentary series called "the system" we are taking a look at the dark corners of the u.s. criminal justice system. joining us on skype out of new orleans is emily mau, director of the innocence project dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals. from atlanta, georgia, jonathan rapping, founder of gideon's promise which provides public defense for low-income citizenship. thanks for being here. one of the issues exposed in our series is how unstable eyewitness testimony can be. why is it unreliable? >> well, i mean there are lots of reasons. there are, i would say, many issues now been ident

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her wages are so low that every day she has to tell her children they can't have things that their friends have. they can't play a certain sport. they can't all get a haircut at the same time. they can't even buy shoes at the same time. because she can't afford it. alicia does not want to be on public assistance but she has to be. she's participating in a program run by the north iowa community action agency to help her achieve self-sufficiency and get off the system because she wants to support herself through her own work. here's her own words. if the minimum wage is increased it would be very helpful to nigh family. by see more reductions in tanf -- that's her public assistance -- and food assistance and would see another increase in my rent, but that would be okay. i will have more money overall and it would come from my own hard work and my family will be better off. i want to work and stand on my own two feet. i work very hard doing my job and i believe i am word $10.10 an hour. if you can move forward with increasing the minimum wage, my family will be more successful in reaching our goal of a better life. this is the real people that will be helped